Associate Director, Midwest Project Engineering

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL is seeking a Project Manager to lead regional design and construction initiatives within the R&D pipeline. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage budgets, schedules, and vendor contracts, and ensure adherence to policies and risk controls.

The role demands strong communication, leadership, and a strategic mindset to deliver high-impact projects on time and within scope.

Qualifications

• Engineering/technical degree with substantial project management experience.
• Global project management expertise with cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or pharmaceuticals preferred.
• Strong financial acumen and project accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional design and construction projects and teams.
• Ensure compliance with policies, quality, and risk management.
• Develop project scope aligned with customer needs and strategy.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and vendor contracts.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Communication

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in PM/engineering/related

Tools

PM tools

Job description

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 141500
• Salary Max: 268500
• Workday Global Grade: 20
• Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

A project manager responsible for leading regional design and construction projects and teams that contribute significantly to the success of the AbbVie R&D pipeline. A key AbbVie project management leader

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities of this engineering grade level inherently include and expand upon the responsibilities established for lower Project Management Track grade levels.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Policies and procedures. Ensures quality and effectiveness of key results of major projects within function through sound design, early risk assessments, and implementation of fallback strategies. Mitigates risk within functions through sound design, early risk assessments and implementation of fallback strategies.
• Provides leadership and centralized management for the planning, development and execution of regional projects or programs to achieve key strategic business objectives. Manages multiple, often concurrent regional projects and consistently meets expectations. Understands the business needs and has a thorough knowledge of customer strategic needs when developing a project scope. Integrates technology and business needs when defining project scope
• Leads the team in using established PM tools and techniques to stay within authorized budget limits and achieve the overall project and organizational objectives. Develops project strategy to align and achieve key customer business objectives. Leads and contributes to the development of long-term business and organizational strategies.
• Manages and is responsible for all phases of project execution. Monitors aggregate performance and value indicators. Coordinates and supervises project audits. Leads regional teams to develop and align procedures and standards with the global organization.
• In cooperation with corporate purchasing identifies the need for strategic alliances with vendors and assists with contract negotiation. Evaluates qualifications, reliability and performance of vendors, ensuring adherence to plans, policies and procedures to provide required services.
• Fosters an environment of innovation and exchange of ideas. Integrates experiences and approaches from multiple projects / disciplines to develop the best solution in the total business context. Develops standards that assure the customer the greatest return on investment and that minimal infrastructure will be required to support future projects.
• Effectively communicates with all levels throughout the organization. Develops networks valued by functional leaders. Actively supports open exchange of expert cross disciplinary knowledge. Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects. Acts as an advisor to management. Sets a clear direction for improving project design / outcome within the framework of the corporate strategy.
• Leads group or divisional task forces. Leadership role in professional affiliation. Provides mentoring in technical and organizational areas across multiple work groups, functions and corporation; monitors the improvement of other engineers. Participates in the evaluation of assigned staff / project team members and in the identification of development needs. May supervise other engineers or technicians.

Qualifications

• A Bachelors Degree in Project Management (preferred), architecture, engineering, construction, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 12+ years of significant engineering and / or operational experience. A post-graduate education / degree is desired and may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
• A career history marked by a consistent series of significant contributions and accomplishments.
• Demonstrated and been recognized for excellence in breadth and depth of knowledge in global project management.
• Interacts well with diverse groups across a division and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Listens to and understands others’ points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully one’s own perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences, while optimizing overall organizational goals.
• A technical background in laboratory life science (preferred), health care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics, or similar industries.
• Consistently demonstrated competency with financial systems and in fiscal control. Project accounting experience. Understanding and management of procurement and contracting processes.
• Formal Project Management training (preferred).

Key Stakeholders:

Engineering Management, Operations Management, EH&S Management, R&D Management, Task Force Sponsors, Senior Management

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other formofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.